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- From Stanford To Chrome: Ten Years Of Google
Sep 10, 2008
After ten years of search engine supremacy, Google has entered the realm of web browsing with the release of Google Chrome. Take a brief look back...
Category: Internet
- Illegal Music Downloads And The Law
Aug 15, 2008
The law is changing regarding illegal music downloads, but nobody is really sure what's going to happen. From Napster to Gnarles Berkley, this...
Category: Music
- The Dragon And The Bird's Nest: The Clash Of Sport And Politics At The Olympics
Aug 15, 2008
Though the Olympic Games kicked off in considerable splendour last week, the 29th games has been shrouded in a thick cloud of controversy ever...
Category: Society and Culture
- From Decadence to Dissonance: The Aesthetics That Shaped The Late Victorian Era
Aug 12, 2008
The 19th Century's penchant for aesthetics helped define one of the most vibrant and vital periods in modern history. But the highly eroticised...
Category: Society and Culture
- England 'Til We Die: The Future Of English Football Management
Aug 10, 2008
First we had the "Iceman" that was Sven, then the nonentity that was McClaren now we've got an Italian who might not be here after 2010. Can we as...
Category: Football
- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: The Dangers of Drinking During Pregnancy
Aug 10, 2008
You can't smoke, you can't drink, you shouldn't do too much heavy exercise and yet you shouldn't sit around doing nothing all day long. Oh, the...
Category: Health
- Assisted Performance: The Who, What, Why, When And How
Aug 9, 2008
Assisted performance is a means by which blind or partially sighted people can attend the theatre, the cinema and sporting events independently....
Category: Arts and Entertainment
- Reforming At The Mouth: The Rise Of The Lost Bands
Jul 25, 2008
We are currently witnessing a number of comebacks from bands we all thought were dead and buried. From Take That to Rage Against the Machine, it...
Category: Music
- Let's Get Fiscal : Relaxing The Fiscal Rules
Jul 23, 2008
In the cool and positively gloomy light of the current financial forecast, the government are considering relaxing the "fiscal rules" that had...
Category: Accounting
- Allah, Yamn al-Qayamah And Jannah: The Beginner's Guide To Islam
Jul 22, 2008
Islam is the second most popular religion in the world with approximately 1.5billion followers worldwide. In this modern world we live in, it is...
Category: Islam
- Kings Of Calamity: English Heritage Search For Britain's Worst Ever Monarch
Jul 22, 2008
In the run up to this year's Festival of History, English Heritage have composed a shortlist for the public to vote for who they think takes the...
Category: Humanities
- Spring-Heeled Jack: A Great Mystery Of London
Jul 21, 2008
Legend has it that in the flickering gaslight of early-Victorian London a monster named Spring-Heeled Jack roamed the city, attacking citizens...
Category: Society and Culture
- The Fundamentals Of Scientology
Jul 18, 2008
Control over space and time, everlasting happiness and a sense of Clear are all achievable through the wonders of Scientology. But how much truth...
Category: New Age
- Christopher Marlowe: Heady Murder, Spoil And Villainy
Jul 17, 2008
Born in the same year as Shakespeare and every bit as popular with audiences at the time, meet Christopher Marlowe, the drunken, homosexual...
Category: Society and Culture
- Eyes In The Dark: What Do Feral Children Mean In A Urban Society?
Jul 14, 2008
Almost since storytelling began there have been whispers of strange creatures in the wilds, in the mountains, forests and caves. These monsters are...
Category: Society and Culture
- What Is A DJ If He Can't Scratch: A History Of Turntablism
Jul 12, 2008
In this day and age, anybody can be a DJ. CD decks and computer programs have made the scene so accessible that users can simply push a button and...
Category: Music
- Up In Smoke: The Facts About Cigarettes
Jul 11, 2008
As Holland join the ever growing list of countries enforcing a smoking ban in public places, I have decided to take a look into the filthy habit...
Category: Cancer
- The Adoption Of The Feminine Into Men's Fashion And Culture
Jul 11, 2008
Fashion can be considered a form of communal art, designers and the general public work together to create an ever-changing urban uniform. Of...
Category: Clothing
- Parents Guide: World of Warcraft
Jul 11, 2008
Online gaming has, perhaps unfairly, gathered a great deal of negative press recently. Described as addictive, antisocial and blamed for the deaths...
Category: Games
- Entertainment Industry May Be Silver Lining In The Cloudy Economic Climate
Jul 11, 2008
With the tightening credit crunch, plummeting house prices and an economic recession hanging in the air, the financial forecast looks gloomy at...
Category: Finance
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